The large ship of the line was initially only attacked Attack by `` Penelope '' , which manoeuvered Hold around `` Guillaume Tell '' 's stern , causing Causation severe damage and delaying Change_event_time the French ship sufficiently for Berry to bring Bringing his squadron into action .

While the main fleets manoeuvered Hold around one another , `` Castor '' was detached in pursuit of a Dutch merchant ship and on 29 May encountered Hostile_encounter the smaller independently cruising British frigate HMS `` Carysfort '' .